Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad

CIMA GROUP Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad ("CIMA ") group of companies ("CIMA Group") has been involved in the manufacturing and distribution of cement and related activities since 1975. CIMA is 100% owned by UEM Group Berhad which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, an investment arm of the government of Malaysia. The Group effectively combines people skills and technological capabilities to become the third largest cement manufacturer in Malaysia. The Group also ventures into international market namely Singapore. The Group's total asset as at 31 December 2012 stands at approximately RM2.0 billion while the paid up capital stands are RM 142 million. THE GROUP'S OPERATIONS The Group is divided into three main divisions comprising Cement Division, Ready-Mixed Division and Aggregates & Premix Division. In Cement Division, Cimaco Quarry Sdn Bhd provides the required limestone for Negeri Sembilan Cement Industries Sdn Bhd (NSCI). NSCI leads The Cement Division with cement plants in Bukit Ketri, Perlis and Bahau Negeri Sembilan. The two plants combined, make up a total clinker production of 2.95 million tonnes per annum and a total production cement capacity of 5.6 million tonnes per annum, comprising Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), Type II OPC, Masonry Cement and Portland Composite Cement (PCC). Pemasaran Simen Negara coordinates customer-oriented services such as the marketing, selling and distribution of the Group's cement under the brand name of 'Blue Lion', 'NS Cement', 'NS Brick', 'NS EcoCrete' and 'NS EcoCrete LH'. In Ready-mixed Division, Unipati Concrete Sdn Bhd and I-Mix Concrete Industries Sdn Bhd manufacture ready-mixed concrete for sales in Peninsular Malaysia. Both companies operate more than 26 batching plants supported by a fleet of 247 mixer trucks. Kuari Pati Sdn Bhd and KUAD Sdn Bhd lead the Aggregates and Premix Division and offer products namely premix and quarry materials and other services.